[ENDED] BC1-1801 – January Class Homepage – Getting Started with 3D Modeling & Blender

[Grady Pruitt]

Great job!  I just have one question… where’s the third?  I only see 2 objects here 😉

Fantastic texturing, by the way.

[Kent Trammell]

That’s what I’m thinking too, Grady. @mathias67 Can you post an image of the object you’re trying to create? Knowing more of the context should help us offer tips for creating the shape.

[Zsolt Cseh]

Grady thanks a lot for detailing the applied method. Very inspiring, can not wait to start Blender and check those Curly Curves, did not hear about them before 

[Kent Trammell]

Check that out! That’s the power of modifiers right there. Nice one @gradyp. Especially nice that you shared details of the model’s creation 🙇🏻‍♂️

[Kent Trammell]

Good submission @choyce7! I like that you modeled your objects as part of a unified scene. And showed how such a simple model can be used for convincing lighting + rendering. Grade A work 👍

[Kent Trammell]

After the stream yesterday, I got to thinking about our recordings and the fact that they completely lose the context of the chat. Unfortunately I can forget to read every question I answer or I’ll make a passing comment based on another passing comment I see..And I wonder if people watching the recorded stream get lost by that lack of context.

So I’m going to try a stream overlay next week that incorporates the chat into the stream like this:

The PRO’s being:

1.  Video will maintain direct chat context
2. My face is no longer covering parts of the Blender UI
3. Looks more legit overall maybe?

The CONs: 

1. During broadcast, the stream will be duplicated (website UI + video) and delayed. While that’s redundant on one hand, on the other it may be helpful to see exactly what I’m looking at in the chat.

Any thoughts about testing this format next week?

[Anthony Huerta]

BC1-1801 Week 2 Homework Submission

Anthony Huerta’s Week 2 Homework Submission.

-Items are just some random clutter on my desk that I thought would be fun to model.

-Modifiers used: Mirror, Screw, Solidify, Subdivision Surface

Oops ya, the colors are covering the faces a bit huh. I’m pretty sure I filled the ngons using the “Grid Fill” tool. Here’s a zoom in and highlight of those two obscure parts of the picture.

[tanya]

BC1-1801 Week 2 Homework Submission

I am just a beginner, this is only the second mesh I have ever done, so there are still problems in numerous areas, but this is all I have time for now.  I am still amazed that a cube turned into this.  Hope to learn enough to have an improved version of it swim, I would appreciate any comments or help. Thanks.

[Kent Trammell]

Excellent job @basecode! This is a perfect execution of the assignment. The coffee cup from yesterday’s example was desk-inspiration 😄

Shapes are great. I’m clearly convinced about the nature of each object. Wireframe looks pretty good, but there does seem to be some large n-gons. Like the top face of the soldering iron base and the bezel on the cell phone. Is that just a wireframe display issue? 

[Kent Trammell]

@tanya53 Your fish, NOOO! I meant to work on that during the stream yesterday. Had the file downloaded, ready to go. I apologize for forgetting.

But thankfully, you’ve seemed to progress nicely despite getting no help from me. Frankly with this kind of organic object, you’ve picked a difficult mesh modeling task. And you’ve hinted at precisely why:

“I am still amazed that a cube turned into this.”

It’s not easy to make a cube transform into a fish! So kudos for challenging yourself that way. As for giving an actual grade, I’m torn. There’s enough mesh issues to warrant a B but the effort warrants an A+ for sure. Either way you should be encouraged. This is way better than the second model I made when starting out!

[Kent Trammell]

Ok, great! Nice work @basecode. A-grade homework 👍

[Zsolt Cseh]

Tanya this fish is very good from a beginner and you did from a cube, hat off really and with such steps soon you will improve it further.

[Matt Dickun]

I think it is a great idea.

[Matt Dickun]

Nice work Anthony.

[Zsolt Cseh]

It sounds reasonable with those PRO’s so surely it should be tried. 

Let’s see, although the performance issues of the stream that sometimes it was broken and needed the refreshing of the browser, that is also a key factor. With that would like to give the feedback too, that at the week1 stream I had 3 breaks, while at week2 did not have any at all. (watching from Europe)

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